/ E-Retailers

$34 million in venture capital funds—that’s the ticket for TicketsNow.com

TicketsNow, a secondary market web-only seller of event tickets, has closed its first round of institutional funding by raising $34 million from venture capital firms. Proceeds from the infusion will be used to grow the company, it says.

Posted 03/05/2007Kurt PetersPost a comment

Ticketmaster and iTunes revive their buy-a-ticket-get-a-tune deal

Ticketing company Ticketmaster is offering buyers of select digital albums from iTunes first dibs on tickets by those artists. In addition, Ticketmaster is offering a free song on iTunes with every concert ticket that a music fan purchases.

Posted 02/13/2007Kurt PetersPost a comment

eBay expands its ticket offerings with an acquisition

EBay will acquire privately held StubHub, an online reseller of event tickets. The acquisition will enable eBay to expand its presence and offerings in the online tickets segment, the company says.

Posted 01/16/2007Kurt PetersPost a comment

/ Technology

Event and movie ticket sales steadily moving online

“There is no question that all signs are pointing to the online world of reselling tickets to meet the clearly huge consumer demand,” says Ticketmaster president and COO Sean Moriarty. “The trend has been established. The consumer has spoken.”

Posted 12/29/2006Bill BriggsPost a comment

/ Technology

Online ticketing may be getting bigger and smaller at the same time

The handful of giant ticket brokers that sell event tickets were among the earliest adopters of e-commerce. But today, the Internet has enabled smaller players to grow and entrepreneurs to launch ticketing web sites of their own.

Posted 10/13/2006Kurt PetersPost a comment

/ Marketing

Major League Baseball pitches web features to score with online tickets

Major League Baseball is scoring big with online ticket sales sparked by self-service features, including one that lets fans see the view from particular stadium sections before making a purchase.

Posted 08/15/2003Paul DemeryPost a comment

Olympics Tickets available Online

Tickets to the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games can now be purchased on the Internet through the Official Olympic Games Web site at www.olympics.com. A prominent ticketing icon that clicks customers through to ticketing information is on the site's home page. It also includes a sports schedule where an adjacent "buy now" button indicates sessions of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games available for purchase. Customers can search the sports schedule to see...

Posted 01/19/2001Don DavisPost a comment

Ticket to success

TicketsNow’s personal touch helps affiliates attract more eventgoers and boost sales

Posted 06/01/2007Internet RetailerPost a comment